Rogers, C. (1970) Encounter Groups, New York: Harper and Row; London: Penguin. For Rogers (1970) encounter groups held the possibility of our 'opening up' to ourselves and to others. By working for an environment characterized by certain 'core conditions' - genuiness (congruence), acceptance and empathy - group members could 'authentically' encounter each other (and themselves). They could begin to trust in their feelings and accept themselves for what they are.

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The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. —Carl. R. Rogers

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==Literatur ==

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Rogers, C. (1970) Encounter Groups ==

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New York: Harper and Row; London: Penguin. For Rogers (1970) encounter groups held the possibility of our

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' to ourselves and to others. By working for an environment characterized by certain 'core conditions' - genuiness (congruence), acceptance and empathy - group members could 'authentically' encounter each other (and themselves). They could begin to trust in their feelings and accept themselves for what they are.

Rogers is world renowned for originating and developing the now prevailing humanistic trend in psychotherapy, having pioneered in research and having influenced all fields related to psychology. He was already well known when I started working with him in 1952. Visitors came from everywhere. Some were inspired to self-empowerment by a single meeting. Some were disappointed. Rogers seemed ordinary; he was not a sparkling conversationalist. He would certainly listen to you, and with real interest. He would sit forward and look you in the eyes, wanting to hear what this person--you--had to say. But, then, on his side he might just state his position again, rather than replying in detail to your detail. He also kept his new thinking silently, perhaps wordlessly, inside. When he was ready, he wrote his ground-breaking ideas.

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He rarely exuded feelings, and hardly ever anger. He would strongly state his feelings and needs, but without pouring them on the other person. If his secretary was on the phone with a friend, he would stand, patiently, holding his letters in his hand, waiting until she was ready. But he faced down the hatred of most of the profession because in the workplace, classroom, therapist's office and all around him, he turned the social system upside down.

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He cared about each person but not about the institutions. He did not care about appearances, roles, class, credentials or positions, and he doubted every authority, including his own.

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His immense power came from the fact that once he discovered something, he followed it through. He saw no reason to limit it by all those irrelevancies that stop most people. So he was able to launch practices that revolutionized the field.

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In the 1940s, he was accused of "destroying the unity of psychoanalysis." He founded a frankly different method: nondirective therapy. It meant war against monolithic authority. He won that war. Today we have many methods and the opportunity for open inquiry.

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He insisted on testing his new therapy to show that it worked. To Rogers, that meant objective, quantitative research. But there were few usable procedures and no examples of research in psychotherapy. Such research was considered impossible because therapists had never let anyone listen in, let alone measure and compare. Rogers recorded therapy sessions on the clumsy glass disks of that time. He was accused of "violating the sanctity of the analytic relationship"--another war.

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Rogers wanted comparative research, and he tried hard to get the psychoanalysts to record and test their therapy. For years their reply was, "You can record the residents" (in other words, the trainees). It showed whose sanctity was being protected.

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Rogers' group was the first (by twenty years) to analyze every sentence of hundreds of transcripts and to measure outcomes on psychometric (and other newly devised) tests given to clients before and after therapy, and also given to a control group. Rogers won that war too; such research is now common.

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He proclaimed new ethics: Recording required the client's permission. Confidentiality was emphasized, and the answer to all inquiries was only, "The person was in therapy here." In spirit, his ethics is now accepted, but at the time it was new. "Professional ethics" mostly meant a doctor's duty to protect other doctors.

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The way in which Rogers came to his new method was characteristic of him. He found something, and then, because there was no relevant reason to limit it, he did not limit it.

Literatur

Rogers, C. (1970) Encounter Groups ==
New York: Harper and Row; London: Penguin. For Rogers (1970) encounter groups held the possibility of our
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opening up
' to ourselves and to others. By working for an environment characterized by certain 'core conditions' - genuiness (congruence), acceptance and empathy - group members could 'authentically' encounter each other (and themselves). They could begin to trust in their feelings and accept themselves for what they are.

Carl Rogers: The Quiet Revolutionary

Rogers is world renowned for originating and developing the now prevailing humanistic trend in psychotherapy, having pioneered in research and having influenced all fields related to psychology. He was already well known when I started working with him in 1952. Visitors came from everywhere. Some were inspired to self-empowerment by a single meeting. Some were disappointed. Rogers seemed ordinary; he was not a sparkling conversationalist. He would certainly listen to you, and with real interest. He would sit forward and look you in the eyes, wanting to hear what this person--you--had to say. But, then, on his side he might just state his position again, rather than replying in detail to your detail. He also kept his new thinking silently, perhaps wordlessly, inside. When he was ready, he wrote his ground-breaking ideas.

He rarely exuded feelings, and hardly ever anger. He would strongly state his feelings and needs, but without pouring them on the other person. If his secretary was on the phone with a friend, he would stand, patiently, holding his letters in his hand, waiting until she was ready. But he faced down the hatred of most of the profession because in the workplace, classroom, therapist's office and all around him, he turned the social system upside down.

He cared about each person but not about the institutions. He did not care about appearances, roles, class, credentials or positions, and he doubted every authority, including his own.

His immense power came from the fact that once he discovered something, he followed it through. He saw no reason to limit it by all those irrelevancies that stop most people. So he was able to launch practices that revolutionized the field.

In the 1940s, he was accused of "destroying the unity of psychoanalysis." He founded a frankly different method: nondirective therapy. It meant war against monolithic authority. He won that war. Today we have many methods and the opportunity for open inquiry.

He insisted on testing his new therapy to show that it worked. To Rogers, that meant objective, quantitative research. But there were few usable procedures and no examples of research in psychotherapy. Such research was considered impossible because therapists had never let anyone listen in, let alone measure and compare. Rogers recorded therapy sessions on the clumsy glass disks of that time. He was accused of "violating the sanctity of the analytic relationship"--another war.

Rogers wanted comparative research, and he tried hard to get the psychoanalysts to record and test their therapy. For years their reply was, "You can record the residents" (in other words, the trainees). It showed whose sanctity was being protected.

Rogers' group was the first (by twenty years) to analyze every sentence of hundreds of transcripts and to measure outcomes on psychometric (and other newly devised) tests given to clients before and after therapy, and also given to a control group. Rogers won that war too; such research is now common.

He proclaimed new ethics: Recording required the client's permission. Confidentiality was emphasized, and the answer to all inquiries was only, "The person was in therapy here." In spirit, his ethics is now accepted, but at the time it was new. "Professional ethics" mostly meant a doctor's duty to protect other doctors.

The way in which Rogers came to his new method was characteristic of him. He found something, and then, because there was no relevant reason to limit it, he did not limit it.